Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1887-10-22

D0A1PodNTMByT At 6LADsToSEs FAILURE 10 An
HoCncs nokI pEFtNfrG aoAE-RULE scHENE.
NJ. Gladstone has made so many speeches the
last few days that be Is very hoarse and Is resting
1t sudbury Hall the seat OF Lord Vernon The
London correspondent OF the Boston Heratd cabl
% that paper: ''Mr. Gladstone's refusal 70 define
the changes which be Is prepared TO make In his
home-rue policy Is great disappointment TO
many liberals, To dissentirnts. as well as TO his
own adnerents. Mr.. Morley uaS stated not only
that the policy Was moiined, but That the lnodifi-
cations had been accepted oy ALI the do RAJ lead
ers wlo supported home rule Mr.. CnanDe.Iain,
Gladstone 70 show bis hand at Nottingham. Weak.
kneed dlssentients who were desirUus OF returning
Trvveiyn aud Mr. Maude IN a leap in lie dark.
cooked anxiousiy 70 tue Nottingh IN meetings for
polJlcai ughL. at least far enough w show them
that the JUMP could De safely made.
but lie Oracle sat dumb. or, rather. II An
nounced In q very Discriminate tone taat II had
BID b mself TO any line or goicy Seyond WhsI
could be Inferred from the dec aration he had
arsady made. Unfortunately these declarations
are either 20 ANIL uous OF so comprehensive that
they admit o. q wide range or construction You
Can hardly nnd two liberals who take the same
clear and intetug1pie Indications II would almost
seetn that M. Gladstone was sJeakipg In lest II
he was Lot Lar above lokin1 on grave matters
The wicked tories say that he does not know his
own miId That, however. wou q Oe a new fall
ing for him be change bis mind on short notice
q bis purpose while 1t holds. The trouble as
measure Il, u that on the aone-rule question he
dos not know the minds OF his supporters and
Til he Can settle Tor himself how faT they wi 4 TO-.
low him on this Issue, be Is unwilling give posi-
tive guidance. except 10 a general Way
UNIVERSAL sUFFKAsK SCHEME EXPECTED.
II 10 expected that the liberals WILL, Ia addition
20 the other questions decided upon as vital blanks
Of the platform by the Nottingham conyre,s
launch upon the country the question OF universal
Suffrage. The few statesmen VINO have already
express q themselves Ia favor OF the scheme place
great reliance upon IL As means Of converting
thousands OF the poorer class OF electors whose
totes are low Influenced by tue conseryal, ye,
through Considerations barely escaping the stigma
q hupery.
0fncH BY LORD RASDofPH.
Lord Randolph Churchill made an address at
seaham ye terdsy. IN which he said that a COM
parison Of the administrations In Ireland OF Lord
Londonderry and his predecessor Earlof Aberdeen
would show that Lord LoDdcnderry-s government
vas mar4ed vita grL vity. prUprety and deceney
wnlc would be dlf1cult 10 discern In that OF
was Tree from The melancholy and unfortunate
ecceItricities OF behavior which asIonisAed the
pubnc during the Ean OF AbeIdcen's government
Lord CAurchiu also said tudI he believed Mr.
MAIDSTONE and nis supporters, judging from IN ir
language, supposed Ireland 70 DC governed by
IaEstsh pashAS or oy system similar 70 that Of
The spanish inQuisilion, but the government Was
composed OF men especial be and honoraU ole as
NJ. Oladsione- The law % Ireland Was the saline
- that VI klgland. The government was IN be
% nx its lerns Of speci Ipiaal laws pecause
they bad DO knowledge that would enable them 10
ny al what time these laws would cease 70 %
0eco0afy.